DETROIT, MI (April 26, 2018) - "After an eight-month process and more than four-dozen entrants, four companies were selected as Award Winners of the 2018 Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge (GAMIC) on April 10 at the SAE International WCX World Congress Experience. They will share over $360,000 in business acceleration services and cash awards. The winners are:

Category 4 – New High-Value, Disruptive Technology Innovations

Scientel IT Corp – Developer of the industry's first NoSQL DB, Scientel’s new SQL DB can process Big Data up to 1000 times faster, with massively parallel processing on HPC systems and Supercomputers. Novi, Michigan http://www.Scientel.com

PlanetM Best In Michigan Mobility Award

Spectalite! Detroit, Michigan

“The GAMIC event continues to grow and improve. The quality of the presentations was outstanding. The improvement from the Quarter-finals to the Finals shows how our mentors from industry and from the entrepreneurial communities help these companies,” said David Stout, GAMIC co-founder and a volunteer leader in several roles within SAE International. “Our expansion to holding quarterfinal events in Silicon Valley and Ontario (Canada), to supplement Michigan, have strengthened the competitive field – especially with three virtual quarterfinals to handle companies from as far away as Turkey, UAE, the Netherlands, etc."

GhostWave Inc. Selected as One of Top Automotive Startup Finalists

LOS ANGELES, CA (Nov. 27, 2017) – "The Los Angeles Auto Show (LA Auto Show®) and AutoMobility LA™ today announced that GhostWave, Innoviz Technologies and WayRay have been selected as the top three companies for its 2017 Top Ten Automotive Startups™ Competition (Top Ten) presented by Magna International, Inc. Finalists will be recognized at AutoMobility LA, the first true trade show for the new transportation sector, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, where the grand prize winner was announced.

Selected from a pool of nearly 300 applicants, GhostWave, Innoviz Technologies and WayRay were recognized as standout startups for their innovative and unique approaches to solving current and future mobility challenges. This year’s top three startups all utilize cutting-edge technology to improve the way people get from point A to point B.

GhostWave, headquartered in Ohio, is on a mission to revolutionize radar technology. The company provides Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) radar units with two strategic technologies – the first being immunity from mutual interference, which supports Blind Spot Detection (BSD) and collision avoidance. The second, is a vehicle obstacle warning radar that discriminates between high and low priority objects, such as animals, pedestrians and potholes.: ("Top Three Companies Focus," 2017)